Archery Guyana successfully host first of 4 competitions
Archery Guyana shot off the indoor Recurve competition — first of their 4 competitions — this past Sunday as they prepare to end 2018 with championships being held at the National Gymnasium.
This competition began with 14 competitors in the ranking rounds of Adult Male, Adult Female and Youth Female categories vying for top spots.
At the opening ceremony, remarks were made by President of Archery Guyana, Mohamed Khan, who officially opened the event with action shooting off from 11:00h.
Eight archers competed in the Adult Male Individual category, shooting in the 300 ranking round, followed by the Ladies in the Adult Female Individual and Youth Female Individual categories, also shooting in their ranking round of 300 (a ranking round of 300 is where an archer shoots 30 arrows with a possibility of scoring all
Archers of the 1st part of the Indoor Recurve 2018 Championships
10s).
After the Individual rounds were finished, athletes were paired for the Mixed Team ranking rounds, with the highest scoring male paired with the lowest scoring female, and vice-versa. The top 3 scoring teams were then pushed on to the elimination rounds, and all the other teams were given opportunity to battle it out for a final spot in the elimination rounds.
Part 2 of the Indoor Championships will be held on Sunday, 2nd December, 2018, when the 4 teams will compete for gold, silver and bronze in the semi-finals and finals.
The next event — the outdoor Recurve competition 0– will be held on Sunday 11th November, 2018 at the Carifesta Sports Club Ground from 11:00 am.
Archery Guyana hereby thanks the National Sports Commission and the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport for their kind permission for the use of the National Gymnasium and Carifesta Ground.
